Appointments

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and League of Arab States Secretary General Nabil Elaraby have appointed Nasser al-Kidwa as Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria. He will assist Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan in the exercise of his mandate.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Janos Tisovszky as the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Vienna. He will assume his duties on 1 March 2012.

In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Security Council resolution 1757 (2007) on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and its Annex, as well as the Statute of the Special Tribunal attached thereto, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Norman Farrell of Canada as the Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint Judge Theodor Meron of the United States as President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a term of four years effective 1 March 2012.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Ayşe Cihan Sultanoğlu of Turkey as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC) at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ms. Sultanoğlu will replace Kori Udovički.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Jens Wandel of Denmark as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau of Management at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Mr. Wandel will replace Akiko Yuge.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Sima Sami Bahous of Jordan as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ms. Bahous will replace Amat Alsoswa.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Kate Gilmore of Australia as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Programme) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Ms. Gilmore will replace Purnima Mane. The Secretary-General is grateful to Ms. Mane for her dedicated service to UNFPA.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Rodney Bent Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C. He assumed his new duties on 26 January.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Paolo Serra of Italy as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. Major General Serra will succeed Major General Alberto Asarta Cuevas of Spain, who will relinquish his post on 28 January, and to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his excellent service and leadership over the past two years.